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Chantilly, VAJob$160–200K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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SAIC seeks a Systems Engineer/Systems Integrator with GEOINT experience to support a USG program office’s R&D and transition of AI and machine-learning capabilities into NRO satellite ground systems. The role works with government stakeholders, system integrators, and technical teams on architecture, infrastructure strategy, requirements, and technology integration, including cloud services. The posting requires an active TS/SCI clearance with Poly and offers a target salary range of $160,001–$200,000.
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Description
Systems Engineer/Systems Integrator
USG Program Office leading Research & Development (R&D) of evolutionary, revolutionary, and transformational artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms is seeking a highly motivated and forward-thinking Systems Engineer/Integrator with GEOINT experience to join our team. This position supports development, transition and integration of newly developed technologies into current or future NRO satellite ground systems. As a Systems Engineer/ Systems Integrator, the incumbent will work with GED systems engineers to identify capability gaps and challenges in meeting requirements. Additionally, the incumbent will join an agile R&D team focused on project definition, development, and evaluation of project results working to transition newly developed capabilities into operational systems. The ideal candidate will have demonstrated experience developing efficient solutions that align with business goals and technological advancements, leveraging multi-cloud and cross-domain expertise.
Roles and Responsibilities:
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Develop an understanding of the current and future operational systems requirements, architecture and ConOps.
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Ensure that the capabilities are built with intent to seamlessly integrate into the existing system architecture, IT landscape, and DevSeOps SW delivery processes.
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Develop strategic plans for the organization’s IT systems, including assessments of new technologies and recommendations for their adoption.
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Conduce regular reviews off systems and processes to identify opportunities for cost-saving, improved performance, and system consolidation.
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Lead system architecture and engineering efforts across the program collaborating with Government stakeholders, system integrators, and contractors developing new systems that will be delivered int production.
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Assist the DevSeOps process is process is performed in a consistent, effective, and progressive manner.
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Develop technical documentation that follow the customer’s governance framework to include SOPs, knowledge articles, governance and control gates, training material, guides, and reports that direct and support the organization’s goals and objectives.
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Organize and support various governance boards, committee meetings, working groups, and control gates on an as-needed basis.
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Coordinate with information system POCs for plan updates and mitigation strategies ensure overall health of IT stems, networks and applications.
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Identify a transition plan and document recurring system and software O&M activities.
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Coordinate across technical and functional teams to ensure requirements are known and met and effectively communicate results, both verbally and in writing.
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Work with teammates and external stakeholders on all phases of the systems engineering process. Help identify, communicate, and manage project risks.
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Interface with teammates to resolve and mitigate problems arising during implementation.
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Support formation and execution of a coherent infrastructure strategy.
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Support development of strategies for integrating on-premises infrastructure with cloud services, ensuring compatibility and optimal performance.
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Assess and recommend new technologies or upgrades to existing infrastructure, based on cost-benefit analyses and business needs.
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Work with business and IT leaders to understand strategic business needs and translate them into actionable infrastructure initiatives.
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Provide guidance and mentorship to the infrastructure team, leading capacity planning, and ensuring skill development aligns with technology roadmaps.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
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Active TS/SCI clearance with Poly.
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Bachelors and fourteen (14) years or more experience; Masters and twelve (12) years or more experience; PhD or JD and nine (9) years or more experience
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Interpersonal and communication skills for written reports, group discussion, and oral presentations.
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Judgement, Critical thinking, problem-solving, and analytical skills.
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Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office.
Desired Qualifications:
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STEM Bachelors highly desire.
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Prior NRO experience .
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Familiarity with GEOINT.
Target salary range: $160,001 - $200,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.
REQNUMBER: 2618745
SAIC is a premier technology integrator, solving our nation's most complex modernization and systems engineering challenges across the defense, space, federal civilian, and intelligence markets. Our robust portfolio of offerings includes high-end solutions in systems engineering and integration; enterprise IT, including cloud services; cyber; software; advanced analytics and simulation; and training. We are a team of 23,000 strong driven by mission, united purpose, and inspired by opportunity. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $6.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see Working at SAIC. EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability
How this job compares
Set against the 11,502 open Systems Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$160–200K/yr
- Virginia median$120–185K/yr834 salary ranges
- US median$116–190K/yr8,484 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $180K, is 18% above the Virginia median midpoint ($152K) — in the middle half of Systems Engineer salary ranges in Virginia.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 1,052 open Systems Engineer jobs in Virginia and 11,502 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 9 years of experience — more than three in four Systems Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 9,604 postings).
- Education
- 4,559 of the 11,502 open Systems Engineer jobs (40%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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